DEGENERATE - Gambler

A Gritty Noir Thriller of High Stakes, Addiction, and a Dangerous Game of Survival

By: Logan Carter

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

He lives for the game. Now he might die for it.

For Jack Kearns, the only time he feels alive is at the table, with a mountain of chips in the pot and his fate resting on the turn of a single card. But a devastating loss leaves him broken and in debt to Vince Marlow, a cold, reptilian shark who owns the backroom he once ruled.

Given an impossible deadline, Jack is dragged into a desperate spiral through the city’s gambling underworld. From hustling in grimy pool halls to infiltrating high-stakes private games, every win is just a buy-in for a more dangerous table. As his debt is sold to an even more terrifying mobster, Jack finds himself hunted, outcast, and stripped of everything he has.

Stalked by ruthless enforcers and haunted by the collateral damage of his addiction, Jack is backed into a final corner. The men he owes have gathered, and they offer him one last hand—a winner-take-all game where the debt is everything he has left: his life. In a world where the house always wins, his only choice is to go all in.